I've got a couple new songs based on guitar parts written by the other half of the "band." Check 'em out in the extended entry if you want. Both of 'em are political, but the first one is much more literal. You'll see.
...Just read them, dang it.
Fake and Inaccurate
There you go again, trying to pretend
That you own the truth and we all agree with you
But everything you say, every single day
Pushes your agenda, it's all you ever do
You never understood why anybody would
Want to hear someone else's point of view
And now you try to hide from the other side
Covering it up and disguising it all as the news
(Chorus)
When you don't have a lead, make up what you need
If you had your say, it's what would've happened anyway
Predetermined course, now you have to force
Everyone to think that you haven't led them astray
And when we ask you why, you always deny
That your own opinions have been on display
But we can see the light, and we have the right
To think for ourselves, and it's time for you to pay
(Chorus)
CHORUS:
Fake and inaccurate
You just manufacture it
But we know the facts, and it's
Our job to take them back from you
You think you control us all
Your pride will be your downfall
We're standing outside the wall
And soon we will come crashing through
Insane Inside
You thought that you were lost
Now you've been found, but at what cost
They left no room for doubt
And now there's no way out
Single conscience
No thought process
No more life allowed
Unless somebody watches
(Chorus)
You only wanted friends
And now you've reached the end
It's time to follow through
When they tell you what to do
You're one of them now
Drink up and calm down
Don't think for yourself
Or they won't keep you around
(Chorus)
You thought you'd found a better place
Now you're just another face
Following those you thought were wise
Marching straight to your demise
Can't look back, can't turn around
Do as you're told, don't make a sound
All this time, the choice was yours
But it's too late, they've locked the doors
CHORUS:
Insane inside
You never know what's real and what's in your mind
You had to hide
You covered up your eyes and now you've gone blind
You never tried
To understand the world, now you're following lies
Insane inside
You're living in a dream, and you've run out of time
Fake And Inaccurate is much better than Insane Inside. In fact, Insane Inside strikes me as purely angry-driven rubbish. But, Fake and Inaccurate defibnately has potential if it's matched with the right music and melody.
Don't approach this like those early-'80s hardcore bands. Anger ain't everything. Really really think about how the lyric is carried on the sound. Thrash and gore is fun, but mating a lyric to it's best musical expression is a thing of beauty. It'll go a longer way if you can be inspirational, rather than just plainly p.o.'d.
In short: tell a story. Draw a listener in, never block them out. Don't confront your audience. They wont like it and it's supremely unwise. They'll only see you as a teacher whose forgotten how to learn.
Posted by: Tuning Spork at April 26, 2005 12:28 AMActually, F&A was driven more by anger, and II was driven more by pity. To each his own, I suppose.
Also, you can hear the songs that inspired both of these. "Insane Inside" is here under the same name, and "Fake and Inaccurate" is here as "Song 7."
Posted by: CD at April 26, 2005 12:43 AMActually, I thought Insane Inside was about a young college student who joined the campus chapter of College Democrats and "drank the Kool-aid" to the point of becoming a regular DU poster.
Posted by: Harvey at April 26, 2005 03:52 PMHarv - That's one interpretation. I actually had DU in mind when I started writing.
Posted by: CD at April 26, 2005 03:55 PM